Asaccus margaritae

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Asaccus margaritae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Gekkota
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Asaccus
Species:
A. margaritae
Binomial name
Asaccus margaritae
Carranza, Simo-Riudalbas, Jayasinghe, Wilms, & Els, 2016

Asaccus margaritae, or Margarita's leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. It is endemic to the Arabian Peninsula and occurs in the United Arab Emirates and Oman. [1] It was first described in 2016. [2]

References

  1. Asaccus margaritae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 January 2019.
  2. Carranza, Salvador; Simó-Riudalbas, Marc; Jayasinghe, Sithum; Wilms, Thomas; Els, Johannes (18 August 2016). "Microendemicity in the northern Hajar Mountains of Oman and the United Arab Emirates with the description of two new species of geckos of the genus Asaccus (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae)". PeerJ. 4 e2371. doi: 10.7717/peerj.2371 . PMC   4994081 . PMID   27602305.